Q Do you think because you both have a bird's eye view on Kabaddi, do you see cricket losing the kind of viewership with the newer generations than it did in maybe, for maybe people in their thirties and forties? What about the youngsters?
A I don't think so. I think There is enough space in India for multiple sports to coexist. And I think cricket is around to stay. You can never say forever. If you look at a sport like baseball, for example, in the U S it is on a steady kind of declining trend, but the U S still has four major sports. And they are, for me, it's more about the fact that they emphasize different elements of human skill. You think about a baseball, that's a little more like cricket, a basketball that is about a height, Reflexes, you know, uh, endurance, intensity, American football. You'll often see some of those footballers are fat, you know, uh, and there's a whole host of, uh, different skill sets on a football field. The act of going to a football game is like an all day event, two hours from the city, as opposed to a basketball game, which is like going to a movie. I see the same kind of thing manifesting itself, uh, in India. Same thing in the UK with rugby, cricket, football. Kabaddi is very different from cricket in the kind of elements of human skill that it emphasizes. And it's a very different viewership proposition. It's a shorter game. It's a 40 minute game. It's a very high intensity, 32nd piece. And I think that's what makes it exciting. And you can go for a Kabaddi game as a family, like you would for a movie in the evening. See it and come back.
AI assessment note: “I don't think so. I think There is enough space in India for multiple sports”